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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Medtronic Cryocath Lp, Toronto, CA;
Dan Wittenberger, L'{circumflex over (l)} le-Bizard, CA;
George D. Mallin, Montreal, CA;
Claudia Lueckge, L'{circumflex over (l)} le-Bizard, CA;
Mihai-Alexandru Ionescu, Dollard des Ormeaux, CA;
Daniel Harvey-Poncelet, Montreal, CA;
Medtronic CryoCath LP, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A system and method for the delivery of a medical device to a treatment location. The device may include an elongate body, the elongate body including a plurality of annular segments and a jacket disposed about the plurality of annular segments and defining an interior space, and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the interior space of the jacket. When a vacuum is applied to the interior space of the jacket, the jacket may constrict about the plurality of annular elements, thereby increasing the frictional forces between the plurality of segments and between the plurality of segments and an inner surface of the jacket.